Shores, Surfaces and Depths: Oceanic Cultures of Tourism and Leisure

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Felicity Picken (Western Sydney University, Australia) Emma Waterton (Western Sydney University, Australia)

Shores, Surfaces and Depths

Oceanic Cultures of Tourism and Leisure

Felicity Picken (Western Sydney University, Australia), Emma Waterton (Western Sydney University, Australia)

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Routledge
26 November 2024

Social & cultural history; Cultural studies; Distributive industries; Tourism industry; Hospitality industry

Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

This book examines the oceanic presence in life on Earth, and the ways that we engage with the oceanic worlds for play, pleasure, adventure, and the pursuit of leisure and escape through tourism and travel.

The oceanic ‘turn’ across the social sciences and humanities has produced a still proliferating opus of work that seeks to discover and emphasize oceanic presence in life on Earth. This literal and figurative ‘unearthing’ of blue spaces has encouraged scholars to gaze beyond the lands that have supported much of our experience and knowledge towards the gathering up of a more holistic appreciation of blue planetary life. This widening of scholarly attention – from ‘land’ to ‘sea’ – is occurring simultaneously across a range of disciplines and fields, including history, archaeology, anthropology, comparative literature, public policy, cultural studies, and geography. With an explicit focus on 'leisure' and 'tourism', this edited collection follows a growing appreciation that it is our seemingly inconsequential encounters – at play, for pleasure, and on holidays – that are increasingly present and influential in our oceanic relations.

This volume will be of value to scholars and students interested in social and cultural history and environmental history and humanities.

Edited by: Felicity Picken (Western Sydney University Australia), Emma Waterton (Western Sydney University, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 650g
ISBN: 9781032163666
ISBN 10: 1032163666
Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 26 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Felicity Picken is Senior Lecturer at Western Sydney University. Her scholarship is concerned with the changing relations between humans and nature in the strange living out of the Anthropocene. She follows the emergence of the ‘blue planet’ as a significant social actor by exploring how relations with oceanic environments evolve through pleasurable encounters including art, heritage, tourism, and leisure. Emma Waterton is Leverhulme International Professor at the University of York, where she directs the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre. Her interests include heritage, memory, and affect; anti-colonial politics; migrant heritage-making; and climate justice in the Anthropocene. She is an author of four monographs.